The Taoism Reflected from the Bamboo Documents of Goudian in the Warring States Period

Philosophy and Culture 37 (10):5-24 (2010)
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Abstract

Warring States period Guodian Chu bamboo slips, the twentieth century a number of very important information on the Warring States philosophy. Which encompasses 16 kinds of literature, some of which can be compared with the masterpieces of literature references, some are Yi nationality. These materials, not made ​​from an academic family, scholars generally considered to Confucianism, Taoism, two of the data, but recently Western scholars in the relevant researchers, six are always free to the name of the Warring States Period, against the classification of these documents for academic . This, though not to take note of these Western scholars, but try to burial in the collection of information, research, analysis of these bamboo reflected in the late Warring States scholars 'Road' thinking. In short, these different "road" thinking, thinking, filled in his living space, co-exist rather than rebellious. The bamboo documents from the Goudian in the Warring States Period are regarded as a significant discovery in the late 20th century, and those materials play a major role in the Warring States philosophical concepts. There are 16 documents among those materials: some are referable to the existing documents that had been passed down for generations; some are unearthed documents. From the perspective of Eastern scholars, these newly-found bamboo documents are associated with Confucianism and Taoism; nevertheless, there is also an opposing group of Western Scholars, who believe the six schools do not exist in the Warring States Period, claim that these documents should not be categorized in either Confucianism or Taoism. In the following argument, there will be analytical research of these unearthed documents, and how these documents reflect the scholars and their concepts of Taoism from the Warring States period. In conclusion, despite the fact that there are different concepts and thoughts of Tao, they can still coexist and be logical

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